The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-06-10
The Farm,
FARM MISCELLANY.

Lord Scully. an Irish landlord, owns
| 40,0 900 acres in Logan county, Illinois,
and is accused of misusing his tenants
there and ofcorruptiug State Legislators.
More than three thousand cattle have
now been slaughtered at Chicago nn
| account Of the outbreak of pleuro pneu-
monia in the distilIery stables there last
winter. A large majority re not
actually known to have been infected,
but had heen exposed.
j. D Rockefeller, president of the
Standard Oil Company, stated that the
company was neither corporation nor
co-partnersh p, but was createi by an
instrument in writing, for the purposs
of holding, through an executive COM
mittee, various properties, or their stock,
in trust. The company is said to be
worth S15O,000,000, and the profits last
year were S25, 5,000,000.
1t is wise for the farmer, like the
commander in battle, always to have
reserve forces on hand for an emergen
cy. Every year some crop will fail,
but not all; and it is of paramount in
portance to the farmer to strengthen
the weak places, to supplement the de-
fcient crops, so that he may go into
winter quarters with full barns. En-
silage is good. but not every farmer
will think he can afford slo; and
even if he has good supply of ensil-
age, plenty of cured feed is needed be-
sides, to insure the most profitable win
tering of stock.
The usually unclean condition of the
skin says New York Tribune cores.
pondent, which prevents the escape Of
the ordinary copious and strongly odor-
Gus perspiration, causes this to be re-
absorbeded by the blood and impreg
nate the whole system. This concen-
trated foulness then is what is known
as animal odor and the dairyman should
do his best to avoid it. The cows food
and water sheuld be pure; stables clean
and we'll ventilated, skin thoroughly
carded and brushed, and the insensible
perspiration encouraged. The milk
should be we'll aired, My habit is to
pour it from the milking pail through
three strainers into deep carrying pail
and from this through another strainer,
falling at least foot into the setting
pans. l like the shallow pans for SIT
ting because the thin stratum of milk
is quickly cooled and the gasses con
tanned in it are evanorated completely
during the cooling, Then by keeping
the milk in clean dairyhouse or room
the dairyman need not have any fear Of
dreaded animal odor.
The commissioner Of Agriculture has
declared a rigid quarantine against
Cook county, Ill, several counties in
Maryland; and West stchester, New York,
Richmond Kings, Queens and Suffolk
counties, in New York, on account of
the prevalence of pleuro pneumonia in
these localities. The following proviso
is added:
provided, however, until further
uOllce, budI cdGGlc UuGIou lOT SnlpmeDI
from the Union toek-yards at the city
of Chicago may be received and trans
ported without examination and with
out the certificate above prescribed;
nothing, however, in this proviso to ex-
empt parties making sucL shipment
from the penalty for shipping or Offer
ing for shipment cattle affected with
leuro-pneumonia, or cattle from said
Cook county, ILL.,
Prof. Law, representing the Bureau
of Animal Industry at Chicago states
that the order does not alter the co.,
dition of affairs in that city, and adds
that the Quarantine will not he raised
ill every trace of the disease is stamp
ed out"
Eighteen COWS affected with pleuro-
pneumonia, belonging to Joseph Bar
ton of East Baltimore, were killed last
week by order of the State Veterinar-
ian, DR.. Ward. The stable has been
abominably filthy, and the condition of
affairs about as bad as possible, though
several hundred families were supplied
with milk from it.
A Cure for the Currant Worm.